English Language Learning
No Child Left Behind—Title III
Background on Annual Measurable Achievement
Objectives (AMAOs)
- Methods in Calculating
the 2006 Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO) From English
Language Proficiency Data
- Illinois Annual Measurable
Achievement Objectives Summary Report FY04-FY06
- Legislation, Guidance and Research
- Title III, Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO), and Implications of AMAO Data to ELL Program Planning and Improvement (PowerPoint from the 31st Annual Statewide Conference for Teachers Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students)
District Improvement Planning
ISBE Correspondence
2008
- Illinois Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO) District Status - 2004 – 2008
- Illinois State Board of Education Notification Letter on Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO) 2008
- State Board of Education Letter to Participate in the Data Ladder Retreat
- Registration Form (By Invitation for districts that did not meet AMAOs)
- ELL Data Retreat® Dates
2007
- Fall 2007 Illinois State Board of Education Memo on Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
- May
2007 Illinois State Board of Education Memo on Annual Measurable
Achievement Objectives (AMAO's)

2005
AMAO's and Determinations
- School District Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO) Determinations
- Individual District AMAO Reports
- AMAO District Annual Tracking: FY04 through FY 08

- Safe Harbor
Resources for Districts Not Meeting AMAOs
- Parent Notification Letters in Letters in 37 of the Highest Incident Languages
(Note: In order to view some of the languages, it is necessary to download the Asian fonts pack from Adobe Acrobat's website at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrasianfontpack.html.)
Guidance
Private Schools
- No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Benefits to Private School Students, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and improvement, Office of Non Public Education, December 2003
- Title IX, Part E Uniform Provisions Subpart 1 – Private Schools. Equitable Services to Eligible Private School Students, Teachers, and other Educational Personnel. Non-Regulatory Guidance. Office of Non Public Education. Office of Innovation and Improvement. U.S. Department of Education, August 2005.






